The Dramatic Monologues of Robert Browning Essay -- Poetry Dramatic Mo

The Dramatic Monologues of Robert cook Consider the range of characterisation in Brownings dramatic monologues and the poetic methods he employs to portray his speakers. Some are written in rhyming verse, use metaphors, et cetera, but for what reason? What is the writer trying to acquire and how successful is he?Robert Browning (1812-1889) was an English poet noted for his mastery of dramatic monologue. He was born in London, the son of a wealthy clerk at the bank of England, he received scant formal education but had access to his fathers large library of about 6,000 volumes. Though initially unsuccessful as a poet and financially dependent on his family until well into adulthood Browning was to become a celebrated Victorian poet. In some(a) of his finest works people from the past speak their thoughts and reveal their lives to the reader through the ? The poems I will be taking into account will bePorphyrias Lover from Dramatic Lyrics, 1842The Laboratory, 1844My last Duch ess,from Dramatic Lyrics, 1842Andrea del Sartofrom Men and Women, 1855Fra Lippo Lippi from Men and Women, 1855 All these poems are presented from the viewpoint of an individual explaining their actions. The speakers all consider their actions justified, though save Fra Lippo Lippi has reason to explain himself to anyone.These poems use different poetic methods to form the character of the speaker. The rhyme final causes vary from obvious, as in the rhyming couplets of The Laboratory, to subtle, as in Porphyrias Lover to an absence of a rhyme scheme as in the blank verse of Andrea del Sarto. Also there are many uses of alliteration, assonance, enjambement and onomatopoeic words to draw our att... ... beautythough Andrea is presumably referring to her curves and suppleness of youth the serpent is also widely recognised as a manipulative and deceitful. A true master of the arts would be expected to have a better imagination and grasp of imagery. This poem also particularly de monstrates Brownings mastery of dramatic monologues as he has written in blank verse and written in the tone of a dull and exanimate man but still creates a deep dramatic monologue that reveals a lot more through its poetic methods employed in it than the speaker actually tells us. The way such different portrayals are formed of each character show us how successful Browning has been in apply different poetic methods to convey each characterisation as a lot can be established simply from the rhythm and rhyme scheme of the poem and other poetic methods used before even analysing the speaker.